Learners in Quezon City walk back home under extreme heat on March 3, 2025. The state weather bureau’s forecast heat index of up to 46 degrees Celsius prompted some local government units to cancel face-to-face classes on Monday. PNA

Western Visayas braces for hotter, drier months as DA issues El Niño warning

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ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) on May 15 released an advisory warning farmers and fisherfolk across the country, including those in...
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Panay youth group seeks Sara impeachment, Bato arrest

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ILOILO City — A student-led organization in Western Visayas has intensified calls for accountability – demanding the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio and...
Department of Social Welfare and Development – Region 6 personnel, with the assistance of local residents and partner agencies, unload and transport family food packs to Barangay Gabi in Isla Gigantes, Carles, Iloilo as part of the agency’s “last mile” disaster preparedness initiative aimed at ensuring faster emergency response in geographically isolated island communities. DSWD-6

AID REACHES ‘LAST MILE’: DSWD prepositions 1,000 food packs in remote Isla Gigantes village...

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ILOILO — In a major push to strengthen disaster response in geographically isolated communities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western...
The Department of Justice will ensure that deceased inmates from prisons in Metro Manila, as well as from the Correctional Institution for Women, will be promptly transported to the University of the Philippines’ College of Medicine for an autopsy. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

Rising heat index prompts emergency measures for jail inmates, BJMP personnel across region

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ILOILO — Alarmed by the rising heat index across Western Visayas, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 has ordered the...
There is a wider illegal distribution network feeding smuggled cigarettes into markets across Western Visayas, says Brigadier General Josefino Ligan, director of the Police Regional office 6.

P5.22-M ILLEGAL CIGARETTES SEIZED: PRO-6 shifts anti-smuggling campaign from vendors to suppliers in major...

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ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has escalated its anti-smuggling campaign from market-level crackdowns to a full-scale hunt for regional cigarette...
Badiangan, Iloilo’s Mayor Suzette Mamon, president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines–Iloilo Chapter

‘NO MAYOR ABOVE THE LAW’: LMP-Iloilo chief warns local chief executives as quarry controversy...

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ILOILO – The illegal quarry controversy in Iloilo province has now spilled into the political arena after allegations surfaced linking politicians, businessmen, men in...
The Department of Education Region 6’s (DepEd-6) preparations for the transition to Three-Term School Calendar have been underway since March. “Overall, these preparations are intended to ensure that the implementation of the Three-Term School Calendar will be organized, systematic, and responsive to the needs of learners, teachers, and schools,” says DepEd-6 information officer Hernani Escullar Jr.

WV schools shift to 3-term calendar but DepEd assures no subjects or competencies will...

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ILOILO City — The Department of Education (DepEd) will officially implement a new Three-Term School Calendar in Western Visayas beginning School Year 2026-2027 –...
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Batad eyed for DOH emergency healthcare facility

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ILOILO — The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) and the local government unit of Batad are now laying the groundwork for the possible establishment...
Hundreds of job seekers flock to Robinsons Place Iloilo during the Labor Day Celebration Job Fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment - Regional Office 6 on May 1, 2026. The event offered around 7,000 local and overseas job opportunities as part of the government’s push to expand employment and livelihood support programs in Western Visayas. DOLE-6

DOLE releases P77-M aid, rolls out livelihood projects for over 13,000 workers in WV

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ILOILO City — More than 12,000 informal workers across Western Visayas received over P77 million in government assistance as the Department of Labor and...
With Iloilo City downgrading to the least strict community quarantine, religious gatherings have been allowed by the city government up to 50 percent of venue capacity. Photo shows devotees at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Jaro Archdiocese press Senate to proceed with impeachment trial of VP Sara

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ILOILO City — The Archdiocese of Jaro joined the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in urging Filipinos to pray for justice and...
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